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                             THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                
              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for                         
              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                
                                                                                     Paper No. 23                        
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                            Ex parte DAVID R. EVOY and NICHOLAS J. RICHARDSON                                            
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                                                Appeal No. 1997-3156                                                     
                                              Application No. 08/372,423                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, FLEMING and LALL,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 24, 26, 28-30 and 32.               
              Claims 16-23 have been indicated as allowable and claims 25, 27 and 31 have been                           
              canceled.                                                                                                  
                     The invention is directed to monitoring the system performance of an integrated                     
              circuit in order to allow for the adjustment of operating frequency and to monitor the core                
              temperature of the integrated circuit.                                                                     


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